Chris Sale

Bats L Throws L6'6" 183 lbBorn 1989 Lakeland, USADebut 2010Team ATL8x All-StarDraft 2007 R21 #642 Colorado Rockies, Lakeland Senior (FL) HSContract 2 y/$38 (24-25)+26 opt 1 y/$27 (27)+28 cl opt 2026: $18,000,000

Awards: TSN All-Star x2, All-MLB First Team, NL Cy Young, Rawlings NL Gold Glove

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	619	27.8	6.3	2.60	21.3	6.74	107.0
2027							105.1
2028							103.3

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 36

His ten closest age-36 comparables averaged 105 PITCH+ the next season; 9 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Yu Darvish	2023	108.2	108.3	331
2	Chris Carpenter	2011	112.6	101.5	72
3	Tim Hudson	2012	107.2	106.9	534
4	Zack Greinke	2020	108.8	102.6	697
5	Max Scherzer	2021	111.5	117.1	565
6	Roy Halladay	2013	112.6	did not play
7	Derek Lowe	2009	106.7	100.3	824
8	Darren Oliver	2007	111.5	109.6	291
9	Jon Lieber	2006	102.9	98.7	342
10	Hiroki Kuroda	2011	107.8	102.6	891

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	ATL	21	0	0	0	0	0
2024	ATL	29	0	0	0	0	0
2023	BOS	20	0	0	0	0	0
2022	BOS	2	0	0	0	0	0
2021	BOS	9	1	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-121.9
2019	BOS	25	0	0	0	0	0
2018	BOS	27	2	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-124.5
2017	BOS	32	3	0	1	1	1	0.333	0.333	0.667	1.000	153.7
2016	CWS	32	6	0	1	0	2	0.167	0.167	0.167	0.333	-17.7
2015	CWS	31	9	1	1	0	4	0.111	0.111	0.111	0.222	-47.6
2014	CWS	26	3	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-128.2
2013	CWS	30	0	0	0	0	0
2012	CWS	30	3	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-127.5
2011	CWS	58	0	0	0	0	0
2010	CWS	21	0	0	0	0	0
Career		393	27	1	3	1	14	0.115	0.115	0.154	0.269	-44.9

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									619				105.1
2026*									517				121.7	102.4	124.1
2025	ATL	7	5	2.58	21	20	0	125.7	510	11	32	165	112.1	101.1	113.2
2024	ATL	18	3	2.38	29	29	0	177.7	702	9	39	225	116.6	102.3	119.0
2023	BOS	6	5	4.30	20	20	0	102.7	425	15	29	125	106.0	99.8	105.8
2022	BOS	0	1	3.18	2	2	0	5.7	25	0	1	5	113.2	103.9	117.1
2021	BOS	5	1	3.16	9	9	0	42.7	183	6	12	52	98.9	104.4	103.3
2019	BOS	6	11	4.40	25	25	0	147.3	612	24	37	218	108.9	99.3	108.2
2018	BOS	12	4	2.11	27	27	0	158.0	617	11	34	237	125.4	101.8	127.1
2017	BOS	17	8	2.90	32	32	0	214.3	851	24	43	308	119.7	100.3	120.0
2016	CWS	17	10	3.34	32	32	0	226.7	907	27	45	233	111.6	99.6	111.2
2015	CWS	13	11	3.41	31	31	0	208.7	854	23	42	274	109.8	99.1	108.9
2014	CWS	12	4	2.17	26	26	0	174.0	685	13	39	208	117.5
2013	CWS	11	14	3.07	30	30	0	214.3	866	23	46	226	110.5
2012	CWS	17	8	3.05	30	29	0	192.0	772	19	51	192	109.9
2011	CWS	2	2	2.79	58	0	8	71.0	288	6	27	79	114.0
2010	CWS	2	1	1.93	21	0	4	23.3	92	2	10	32	123.5
Career		145	88	3.01	393	312	12	2084.0	8389	213	487	2579	113.4		113.7

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA
2021	1					50.0		0.000	0.000	0.000
2018	2					50.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	0.000
2017	3	97.0	7.1	0.0	50.0	12.5	50.0	0.157	0.206	0.160
2016	6	83.0	-18.5	0.0	0.0	27.3	26.7	0.049	0.052	0.046
2015	9	77.2	-6.9	0.0	0.0	33.3	54.2	0.155	0.170	0.148

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	ATL	P	21	126	7	13	1	1	0.952	+0.7
2024	ATL	P	29	178	9	22	0	1	1.000	+2.0
2023	BOS	P	20	103	6	4	1	1	0.909	-0.1
2022	BOS	P	2	6	1	0	0	0	1.000	+0.1
2021	BOS	P	9	43	0	6	0	0	1.000	+1.0
2019	BOS	P	25	147	6	7	0	1	1.000	-0.5
2018	BOS	P	27	158	12	12	1	2	0.960	+1.3
2017	BOS	P	32	214	8	22	0	3	1.000	+0.4
2016	CWS	P	32	227	12	19	0	1	1.000	-0.5
2015	CWS	P	31	209	7	16	1	1	0.958	-1.0
2014	CWS	P	26	174	4	13	0	0	1.000
2013	CWS	P	30	214	5	19	1	1	0.960
2012	CWS	P	30	192	8	25	1	1	0.971
2011	CWS	P	58	71	5	15	0	0	1.000
2010	CWS	P	21	23	0	1	0	0	1.000

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2025	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Pit	44	10.2 IP, 25% K	2.65
2023	AAA	Worcester Red Sox	Pit	25	6.1 IP, 40% K	0.00
2021	AAA	Worcester Red Sox	Pit	40	9.2 IP, 38% K	0.98
2021	AA	Portland Sea Dogs	Pit	30	7.1 IP, 50% K	2.54
2010	AAA	Charlotte Knights	Pit	26	6.1 IP, 58% K	2.95

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Away
2021		0.000	0.000
2018		0.000	0.000
2017		0.417	0.417
2016	0.000	0.180	0.150
2015	0.000	0.225	0.100

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2021	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2021	0	1	8.00	3	3	9.0	12	2	4	11	1.78
2018	1	0	4.11	5	3	15.3	11	1	8	24	1.24
2017	0	2	8.38	2	1	9.7	13	4	1	12	1.45
Career	1	3	6.35	10	7	34.0	36	7	13	47	1.44

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	CWS	$9,150,000
2015	CWS	$6,000,000
2014	CWS	$3,500,000
2013	CWS	$850,000
2012	CWS	$500,000
2011	CWS	$425,000

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.